Specialist Subject Areas

Qualifications

BA (hons) MA

Biography

Neil studied sonic art in the early ’80s at South Glamorgan Institute
of Higher Education for his BA and exhibited at the New Contemporaries
Exhibition in ’84. A lifelong musician, he has played with numerous
bands and worked as a sound and lighting engineer. In the early 90s he
returned to do his MA at Cardiff Institute of Higher Education. During
these studies he became the technician in the Audio Visual area (later
to become Timebased Practice and latterly Media Arts and Performance in
U.W.I.C.) where he has been ever since. He continues to practice as a
sonic artist. Neils current band, the Heavy Quartet, with whom he has
been for 26 years can be found at www.myspace.com/heavyquartet
and are currently working on their 14th album. He can also be found
playing washboard with the Taff delta bluesmen Jelly Roll Jones.

Principal Publications and/or Exhibitions

“Sonic Drawing” performed at Tactile Bosch Studios 13/11/2010. The
recording was shown for the rest of the “Tenure” Exhibition until Jan
2011.